Improvement in cigar-bunch pressing and molding machines



W. D. BREWER.

Cigar Bunch, Pressing, and Molding Machines.

No. 135,030. 7 Patentedlan.21,1873.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM D. BREWER, OF CHARLESTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 135,030, dated January21, 1873.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, WILLIAM D. BREwnR, of Gharlestown, in the countyof Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented an 1 Improvementin Machines for Pressing and me on the 25th day of July, 1871.

In operating said machine, the cigar-bunches to be pressed are placed byhand within the mold, and the fingers of the attendant are frequentlyout or otherwise injured by the descent of the plunger or male portionof the die when his attention is diverted from the work. To prevent theoccurrence of this accident is the object of my present invention, whichconsists in a finger-guard so pivoted that it will swing, by itsgravity, away from the operator under the plunger when the latter is up,thus affording ready access to the mold to place the bu-nch'therein, andwhen the plunger is descending will be carried thereby toward theoperator, pressing his fingers, which may inadvertently be left on theedge of the mold, away therefrom, out of reach of the edge of theplunger.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand and use my invention,I will proceed to 7 describe the manner in which I have carried it out.

In the said drawing, A represents the frame-work of the machine, withindovetailed grooves in which slides avertical bar, B, to

the foot a of which is secured the plunger or male portion 0 of a die.When the bar Bdescends, the male portion 0 of the die is caused to enterthe mold or female portion of the die D, into which the cigar-bunch isplaced by the operator to be pressed, the descent of the die beingeffected by operating a treadle (not shown) connected therewith bysuitable mech anism. b b are two long bent arms, the upper ends of whichare secured by screws 5 or otherwise to opposite sides of the groovedportion of the frame-work, the lower ends of these arms extending downto the level of the mold D and being connected by a horizontalcrosspiece, 0, the arms I) b and cross-piece 0 forming a guard, E, theoffice of which is to prevent the fingers from being cut or otherwiseinjured by the plunger when they are carelessly left resting on the moldor female portion of the die D, the descending plunger coming in contactwith the lower ends of the arms I) b, and moving the cross-piece 0 outtoward the operator, and pressing his fingers off the mold out ofdanger. On the ascent of the plunger, the finger-guard E is free toswing on its pivots away from the operator, to the back of the mold,thus affording access thereto to enable the cigar-bunch which is to bepressed to be placed there'on.

Claim.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

A finger-guard, E, applied to a machine for pressing and moldingCigar-bunches, consisting of a shield which automatically forces thehand away as the die descends, substantially as described.

Witness my hand this 19th day of Novem ber, 1872.

' WILLIAM D. BREWER.

In presence of N. W. STEARNs, W. J. CAMBRIDGE.

